Horses to Watch at Royal Ascot in 2018 This year’s Champions Series promises to be a vintage with Enable and Cracksman among the stars of last year who will be back for more in 2018. Here are six who could scale the heights when summer arrives. BATTAASH: The Charlie Hills-trained speedster put up an outstanding […]

Harry Angel won the 2017 Cartier Sprinter Award Harry Angel won the 2017 Cartier Sprinter Award for Godolphin, trainer Clive Cox and jockey Adam Kirby after establishing himself as the standout six-furlong speedster in Europe with victories in the G1 Darley July Cup and G1 32Red Sprint Cup. The presentation at the 27th annual Cartier […]

Harry Angel put up an outstanding performance to win the G1 Sprint Cup over six furlongs at Haydock Park, UK, on Saturday, September 9. The three-year-old Dark Angel colt broke well and went straight into the lead under jockey Adam Kirby. He continued at the head of affairs and when asked to quicken inside the […]

Stage Magic was the game winner of the mile G3 Prix des Chenes at Chantilly, France, on Sunday, September 3. The two-year-old Dark Angel colt, trained by Charlie Appleby with James Doyle up, set out to make all the running. He led at a fair pace before quickening up in the straight but was joined […]

The Saeed bin Suroor-trained Natural Scenery and Winning Story go to post for Europe’s richest handicap, the Ebor, staged over just short of a mile and six furlongs at York on Saturday, August 26, the fourth and final day of the Ebor Festival. Natural Scenery made her latest appearance when a close fourth in the […]

Godolphin Ready for Goodwood Richard Pankhurst (John Gosden/Andrea Atzeni) tries for more G2 success in the Celebration Mile at Goodwood, UK, on Saturday, August 26. The five-year-old horse has made one appearance so far in 2017, when finishing eighth and last in the G3 Criterion Stakes over seven furlongs at Newmarket on July 1. Last […]

Great Racing at Ebor, York Threading, who made such a good impression when winning on her debut at Goodwood, took the step up in class in her stride when landing the G2 Lowther Stakes at York. The daughter of Exceed And Excel tracked the quick pace set by Happy Like A Fool and when asked […]

Ebor Festival at York, UK Godolphin has three runners on Wedesday, the first day of the Ebor Festival at York, UK, headed by Barney Roy (Richard Hannon/James Doyle) in the G1 Juddmonte International over an extended 10 furlongs. Barney Roy was last seen out when the excellent nose runner-up to Ulysses in the G1 Eclipse […]

Wesley Ward Takes Lady Aurelia Back to England European champion Lady Aurelia, based at Keeneland with trainer Wesley Ward, on Tuesday covered 5 furlongs on a firm turf course in 1:02 in her final work here before her next scheduled start in England in the Aug. 25 Coolmore Nunthorpe (G1) at York. The 3-year-old Scat […]

Winter Clashes with Older Horses in Group One Nassau by Craig Jones Winter has been fantastic this season, winning three Group One races in a row, and had it not been for Enable’s star performances, Winter would be the filly of the year in the UK. Despite what Enable has achieved, Winter still deserves a […]

Ribchester v Churchill the Goodwood Day Two Highlight The Sussex Stakes over 1 mile is the highlight of the day two card at Glorious Goodwood and this year features a mouth-watering clash between two three and four year old horses. Representing the older horses, Ribchester looks to follow up from his two Group One victories […]

Nathaniel Enjoying His Early Stud Career After enjoying a successful racing career which saw him land the King George and the Eclipse, two highly contested Group One races, Nathaniel moved to the breeding barn. He has continued his success in the barn and with his first three year olds hitting the racecourse this season, he […]

Big Orange Can Land Goodwood’s Group One Feature Today is the opening day of the Glorious Goodwood festival and all eyes will be on superstar stayer Big Orange. The Michael Bell trained five year old heads to Goodwood looking to pick up his third Goodwood Cup and arrives on the back of a thrilling Ascot […]

3 Star Attractions at Glorious Goodwood Only second to Royal Ascot, Glorious Goodwood is one of the premier flat horse racing festivals in the world. The event starts tomorrow and throughout the week we will see some fantastic thoroughbreds take to the stage to show us what they are capable of. With many reputations on […]

Another Big Win for Lohnro Juvenile colt Cardsharp has been a consistent performer for his sire Lonhro throughout his first European campaign and on 13 July he added a well-deserved first Group win to his record when landing the 1200m July Stakes at Newmarket. Travelling well throughout under James Doyle, Mark Johnston’s charge was asked […]

Newmarket July Festival: G2 Princess of Wales’s Stakes Frontiersman and Hawkbill race against each other for a second time in the 12-furlong G2 Princess of Wales’s Stakes, highlight of day one of Newmarket’s July Festival on Thursday, July 13. The Charlie Appleby-trained duo both ran well over the same trip in the G1 Coronation Cup […]

Lohnro Proves to be a Sire of Sires O’Lonhro O’Lonhro (son of champion sire Lonhro) the record breaking Group 2 winner has inherited his sires outstanding looks and magnificent conformation so it is no wonder his progeny are performing on the racetracks. From limited numbers O’Lonhro has an amazing winners to runners strike rate of […]

Son of Lohnro, O’Lohnro Now an Established Sire in Australia Son of champion sire Lonhro from multiple group winning mare Mamzelle Pedrille. This record breaking Group 2 winner has inherited his sires outstanding looks and magnificent conformation so it is no wonder his progeny are performing on the racetracks. From limited numbers O’Lonhro has an […]

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Godolphin’s Ribchester to Star on Royal Ascot Day One The world’s biggest and best horse racing meeting, Royal Ascot, begins today. In the first race on day one we have one of the week’s biggest attractions running, Ribchester, who is a strong favourite to take the opening Group One. The Richard Fahey trained and Godolphin […]

French Raiders Primed For Royal Ascot By Craig Jones for Knightsbridge Bloodstock Trainers from all around the world target Royal Ascot as the place to be and if they have any horses capable of running there, they don’t hesitate to send them over. French horse racing trainers have had a good record at the meeting […]

Shutter Speed aims to land Prix de Diane for Britain By Craig Jones for Knightsbridge Bloodstock This weekend the Prix de Diane takes center stage at Chantilly on Sunday. The French Classic, over 1m2f is often targeted by British trainers and this year’s renewal is no different. John Gosden sends the highly promising Shutter Speed […]

Aidan O’Brien Prepares Strong Royal Ascot Team by Craig Jones for Knightsbridge Bloodstock You can always guarantee that when a big race meeting comes around, Aidan O’Brien will have many good horses running there. Royal Ascot, probably the biggest meeting in the world, is certainly no exception and the Irish mastermind looks to have a […]

Royal Ascot: 4 Hot 2yo’s to Watch by Craig Jones for Knightsbridge Bloodstock With just one week to go until Royal Ascot kicks off, it is time to take a look at some of the potentially exciting horses we will see at the meeting. Starting with the youngsters, we will no doubt see many exciting […]

Casse, Mott, Pletcher & Ward Aim for Royal Ascot Glory Exciting entries are revealed for the eight Group One races staged at Royal Ascot, which takes place from Tuesday, June 20 through to Saturday, June 24. A very strong US-trained challenge is in prospect, with representation in five of the eight races. All eight G1 […]

Royal Ascot: Billy Dylan Books his Ticket Richard Hannon looks to have another high-class son of Excelebration after Billy Dylan (2c Excelebration-It’s True, by Kheleyf) cruised home in a novices’ event on Friday. The River Downs Stud-bred juvenile, having his second start after a promising debut at Newbury last month, booked his ticket to Royal […]

Leading Royal Ascot fancy up for sale on eve of meeting by Craig Jones for Knightsbridge Bloodstock It’s not often you have the chance to buy a Royal Ascot hopeful just before the world’s greatest Horse Racing meeting, but this year you can. Two year old Simmy’s Copshop has a date with the sales ring, […]

In front of some 30 owners, breeders and interested onlookers who gathered Monday morning in the Keeneland Grandstand, European champion Lady Aurelia and 10 other horses trained by Wesley Ward worked on the turf course in preparation for upcoming starts at Royal Ascot or elsewhere. Lady Aurelia, who won last year’s Queen Mary (G2) at […]

Andre Fabre lines up Royal Ascot challengers by Craig Jones for Knightsbridge Bloodstock French trainer Andre Fabre has decided to send a small team to Royal Ascot this year, but despite only being small, his team is full of quality. It is likely the master trainer will send just three runners over to the UK […]

Enable and Wings Of Eagles Land English Classics by Craig Jones for Knightsbridge Bloodstock What a great weekend of racing in the UK where we witnessed Enable land the English Oaks, before Wings Of Eagles took the English Derby just a day later. Both races were dramatic for various reasons and both showed why this […]

Harry Angel books Royal Ascot place with Sandy Lane win by Craig Jones for Knightsbridge Bloodstock Trainer Clive Cox knows how to handle a top sprinter and on Saturday afternoon he unleashed another when Harry Angel won the Sandy Lane at Haydock with ease. In winning the race, he booked his place at Royal Ascot […]

Ribchester Top miler Ribchester continued Godolphin’s domination of the Lockinge Stakes with a decisive all-the-way success in the first British G1 of the season for older horses over the straight mile at Newbury on Saturday, May 20. The Richard Fahey-trained colt, successful over the same trip in the G1 Jacques le Marois last season, broke […]

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Islam Has Already Taken England and France Last week we heard an open call to let the riots begin, there is no love and peace, only hate and intolerance “There are plenty of private Muslim schools and madrasas in this city. They pretend that they all preach tolerance, love and peace, but that isn’t true. […]

Rezzas Abdulla approached Rebecca Telford while she was taking her baby Layla-Jean for a stroll in a pram in South Shields last January. Prosecutor Emma Dowling told Newcastle Crown Court: “He lent into the pushchair and spat into the face of her daughter. As he did so, he shouted or said ‘white people shouldn’t breed.’” […]